[NFBSF] Accessible voting: Ballot Marking Tool links for bay area (updated)

[Jim Barbour]

Hey Lisa,

I did not read the instructions for your county thoroughly, but it is my understanding that you should be able to put the ballot that you filled out and printed into the envelopes that you would put your paper ballot into and mail it in. Does it not give you that option?

Hope that helps,

Jim

Written while on the move,, 

> On Oct 15, 2020, at 10:47 AM, Lisa Irving via NFBSF <nfbsf at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Jim, 
> 
> Thanks for posting this information. I had called the Marin Registrar of
> Voters back in September and someone was supposed to get back to me. No
> surprise that no one called me back to answer my questions about online
> voting. 
> 
> I just reviewed the information from the link that you provided. While I
> should be able to fill out my online ballot and print it out, it looks like
> my only option is to take it to a polling place or to the Registrar's
> Office. I don't have to explain the problems this poses and the health risks
> I'm not willing to take. This means, it appears as though I'm forced to use
> the standard print vote-by-mail ballot that I received. 
> 
> Lisa Irving 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NFBSF <nfbsf-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Jim Barbour via NFBSF
> Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2020 10:20 AM
> To: nfbsf at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Jim Barbour <jbar at barcore.com>
> Subject: [NFBSF] Accessible voting: Ballot Marking Tool links for bay area
> (updated)
> 
> Hey Folks,
> 
> Please thoroughly read the instructions for your county.  Below is a general
> overview, but it is important that you follow all the instructions for your
> county. I've listed the 5 Bay area counties below.  However, you should be
> able to find the Ballot Marking Tool for any county in California by
> googling for
> 
> your county remote accessible vote ballot marking tool
> 
> For example
> 
> San Francisco county remote accessible vote ballot marking tool
> 
> It's possible that in your county it's called the RAVBM (Remote Access Vote
> Ballot Markup)
> 
> The general work flow is that you browse to the Ballot Marking Tool portal
> for your county, fill out the ballot, print the ballot or save the ballot as
> a PDF and print it elsewhere, sign the ballot envelope, put the ballot in
> the ballot envelope, put the ballot envelope into the mailing envelope, get
> the ID number off the mailing envelope for ballot tracking, and then mail
> the mailing envelope.
> 
> Here are the sites for the 5 bay area counties.
> 
> San Francisco County
> https://sfelections.sfgov.org/vote-using-accessible-vote-mail-system
> 
> Alameda County
> https://www.acvote.org/accessibility
> 
> San Mateo County
> https://www.smcacre.org/remote-accessible-vote-mail-system
> 
> Contra Costa County: Accessible Vote-By-Mail
> https://ravbm.uocava.com/contracosta/SelectLanguage.aspx
> 
> NOTE, The instructions for Contra Costa county indicate that you'll need the
> access code on the envolope that came with your ballot. This is clearly not
> accessible.
> 
> Santa Clara County
> https://www.sccgov.org/sites/rov/Voting/Pages/Voting-Accessibility.aspx
> 
> Marin County
> https://www.marincounty.org/depts/rv/voting-information/voting-by-mail/remot
> e-accessible-vote-by-mail
> 
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